As per request of Duo I have uploaded Alice~

Alice is an upcoming 2009 television mini-series to be broadcast on American cable television channel Syfy. The miniseries is a reimagining of the classic Lewis Carroll stories Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, with science fiction and additional fantasy elements added.^[1][2] The miniseries is being produced by RHI Entertainment, the company that produced Tin Man, the highly successful 2007 adaptation of The Wizard of Oz. The series will be four hours long, split into two parts, and premiered on Sunday, December 6, 2009.^[3] Writer and director Nick Willing previously directed a 1999 adaptation of the books which followed the story more closely; however, Alice is intended to be a modern interpretation, imagining how Wonderland might have evolved over the last 143 years.

The file is split up using WinRAR, so just download all three parts and reconnect it using that program and you should be ready to go. If anyone would prefer I split the file using HJSplit, then feel free to request it so.

Back to coloring the awesome lovework of panopticam as usual! Now I'm aiming to color the entire 3-page comic featuring Ash and Gold's retarded adventures! That's going to be a nightmare, but I'll love it anyway, I'm sure. :D

Had a nice appreciation breakfast yesterday in honor of the hard work us volunteers have put in for the animal shelter! I mean, we must be making a difference if they're going out of their way to do that and all. I'm still really enjoying my time there, though with all this cold weather, it's not nearly as relaxing to walk the dogs (the ones that aren't determined to constantly run, anyway). My mother's telling me to quit since she's convinced it'll kill my disability case, but considering I've already been doing it since September, I sorta doubt it'll really make a difference. Besides, it's really the only thing I have going for me as far as real life's concerned, and I'd had to lose that. I've pretty much given up hope on the disability case, anyway.

The IRS finally got back with me to start the next phase of the hiring process: aptitude test~! Just for the data transcriber position (can't imagine how you'd test for miscellaneous clerk), but this is something I've experienced before. I had to do a test for a data entry position before and passed, so as long as I don't get too nutty/cocky over the whole thing, I should be fine. I guess fingerprinting will be after that, and by January there should be some actual hiring going on.

Nngh, it got down to 19 last night. At least most of you fuckers are getting to enjoy snow. I'm just getting cold for the sake of it being cold. Seems we're scheduled for snow for tomorrow, but I'm not holding my breath. Still, blah. Never was one for the cold. Skinniness + no muscles = can't hold in heat worth a damn. I pretty much require two/three layers of clothes, a heated blanket, and a space heater to remain content. Ahhh, winter. You and your tendency to last forever.

I appreciate everyone's concerns about the last post. I don't believe there's anything necessarily illegal about cutting me off my meds since it's not going to suddenly kill me or anything if I stop taking them (though I'm on an antidepressant that has rather adverse side-effects if I stop taking it all of a sudden - records have shown suicidal tendencies and the like) and he just writes me the prescriptions rather than giving them to me. All in all, he's frustrated that I have no "fire" in me and seems to be at his wits end with me since I've been seeing him since 2006. Very little progress has been made since then, so I guess this is his last straw or something.

But yeah, I think he's going way overboard on this considering my very best shot for a career is well underway. He seems to get the idea that I'm arrogant for not getting a job while that's processing, but really, it's more like the fact that it's a waste of time to do so. With gas and all, I'll probably break an even $0 with the crazy-low pay and that defeats the purpose of me getting a job in the first place. Then I'm either going to be miserable (which won't put my mom at ease in the least with her miserable life) or go through a string of firings for my incompetence in retail/fast food/similar jobs, which will not only tear me to shreds, but give me a bad reputation in the community if I ever want to be hired locally (since I'm still scared to death of having to go to Cincinnati).

A huge stream of bad luck has hit me since then as well. Ended up with an especially nasty menstrual week a day after seeing him, then it was the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, and then I've been afflicted with some sort of cold that was bad enough to make me even miss a day of volunteering. Actually going out and filling in applications just tends to take a lot out of me (believe me, I have done it before!), so I like trying to be in top physical condition when going through with it. The bitter coldness forecast for this week is going to be aggravating in itself (and have I mentioned how much I hate driving?).

Still, I'm feeling better now, so putting in some applications this week should hopefully save me from that. My mother talked with him (yeah, he's her psychologist too), seems to be unsure of just how extreme he really is about it (since he wanted me to make this a 40-hours-a-week ordeal), but showing at least 5 or 6 applications should hopefully be enough. Then I can just make the rest online, right...? Seriously, most of the time when I do look for jobs, I'm seeing jobs that are completely out of my league, be it due to the requirements (usually a 4-year degree or a ridiculous amount of years of prior experience) or the fact that I know I'm going to suck at it and get my ass fired for incompetence within a week. I know this because I've been a cashier at Kroger before: I was sobbing by the second day. Fast-paced customer service, nasty customers, and soul-suckingly depressing coworkers really made me hate my life for the few months I was at Kroger. Unfortunately, that's usually the only option available beyond things I'm not "qualified" to do... but the way he talks, it like he wants me to be miserable and hate my life and make approximately enough money to pay for the gas that gets me there and nothing more.

I dunno. Just seems to make more sense to focus on the job that could land me 25k a year with health benefits. I already have the volunteering that keeps me busy until then; while it's not making money, it is earning me a good reputation and should help a lot for my resume.

Either way, my aptitude test is the 14th, so I'll also be able to tell him that my IRS ventures are indeed going somewhere.

Ahh, beyond that, what else have we got...?

You know, I was so sick earlier this past week that I sort of slept through Raw on Monday night. But during one of my attempts to wake up, I could have sworn I heard "Shelton Benjamin" actually competing for the ECW title against Christian! And double-checking, that seems to be the case! I actually wanted to see ECW this week because of that, but accidentally slept through that, too. But I guess there's that PPV tonight (which I'm not paying for) that'll host the fight. I'm just stoked that Shelton's finally getting his chance. It has been immensely depressing watching WWE lately, because Shelton just seemed to vanish from the freaking C-Show, which never means anything good. I like Kofi Kingston and all, but I'm a little jealous of his push because it's so reminiscent of the one Shelton used to get back in the day before they inexplicably jobbed him the following week. And all I kept thinking during the segment where Kofi trashed Randy's car is "Goddamn, SHELTON could have done this easily!". Hell, Shelton is an athletic whiz; he could've been doing all sorts of destructive tricks on Randy's car.

So I really hope this Shelton/Christian feud has amounted to something. I really, really miss seeing Shelton (and Christian, too!) and this would've been a perfect fill for the gaping hole that Edge left after being put on the shelf with his injury. I don't remember when or how Vickie Guerrero got back, but I can tell this "romance" angle with her and Primo Colon (?) is really quite lackluster. I'm hoping this is a sign that things are getting better; I mean I seriously wondered if Shelton was released at some point and I didn't notice. Glad that's not the case. I was surprised about Umaga's sudden demise, though. Only 36 years old... man. And I've seen the dude live quite a few times. One of the best pictures I ever managed to take at a wrestling event actually contained him (but mainly Kane). RIP, man.

Next item of business: I need a new profile layout like crazy. Crazy. Why, you ask?

( Well, it'll involve me getting something off my chest... )

In short, I need a new profile layout like ASAP. Please, please help me for the love of god (either way, those pairing banners are going bye-bye now, too). I don't want to keep being associated with herrrrrrr whyyyyy won't she leave me alooooone...

I'd love to talk about more fandom, but I think I'll save that for another time. Except: LOL, Ash. Giving away Gliscor for training. I hope Paul finds out because Ash will get so much shit for it. I am looking forward to Gible because the Landshark like is rape-tastic and Ash has never had a Dragon-type before.

I'm only slightly looking forward to next week's episode, only because Candice is reappearing for no reason. Nice that Zoey is finally getting more interesting Pokemon (Kirlia and Leafeon; I call that Zoey's going to wind up with a Gallade by the time the GF comes around), but I see Zoey actually has the same syndrome as Kenny? (Didn't I say I'd save this for another time? Ah what the hell, I'll go on.)

( I'm feeling generous today, so I'll spare you. Basically I'm ranting about Dawn and how much the writers fucked up her journey. Feel free to debate with me if you want. )


Choke on that, suckers!

And so it's come down to it; the last week of school before winter recess. Geeze and past that, another year down. Where does the time freakin' go? Anyway, it's all been a pretty busy ordeal.

As I write this entry, I'm trying to give my brain a cool-down from trying to translate some of the key points from my Japanese 203 presentation from English to Japanese. And as I try to flesh out the abstract into a full two and half-page paper, I find myself wondering if I should change the subject. I mean, going from a new abstract wouldn't be hard at this point. I just want something I know that won't bore the class to death; it's a presentation and I figure that completely geeking out would be bad. Among the papers I know I'll be competing with for attention are a mini-biography of Gackt and a report on the history of tentacle rape in Japanese culture. At the moment, I'm debating between shifting it from a comparison of anime hero characters to either just doing a summary of Gurren Lagann or doing a write-up on cosplay. I'm thinking the cosplay one might work best because it's a subject that I don't think any of my classmates will do and I can still throw in some fanservice shots in the power point to keep the class' attention. Plus I like to think that I'm really good at it, if not just lazy.

Speaking of cosplay, I finally processed some shots of the Ash costume I did for Anime Expo and my Kamina cape. I've got those here for anyone wanting to see 'em.
( Warning! Images! )
So yeah, I got that done. Otherwise, I've just been working and fussing around in my games. For anyone that's tried to get ahold of me via AiM the past couple days, my intarweb connection has been flaky as all hell and I can't figure out why. So as soon as I figure that out, I should be on again regularly.

Muramasa's master's identity + anything else you want to discuss about the current arc @ my lj.

Got time to sit down and STOP PLAYING PERSONA 3 PORTABLE started scanning and posting.8D

Ah, I know I've drawn THIS JADExDIST a year back for fate_repeated,
but was never able to post it. It suits the current season.^^;; *shoots self*
I found it while I was searching for my memories...

ANYWAYS really random arts. Dated from January 22, 2009 until latest ToG practice art.
Don't expect my inspiration to STAY in one fandom, I obviously had a lot of swings in between.

Simply posted fan art. My originals were not scanned... might post them at a later time. Haha.<3
Also, ignore the notes on the paper.>.>;; I draw these at the office while waiting for calls.
They're not much... just picked out a few that's post worthy cause some are... not...

( Sketchies post at last~! One Piece, Final Fantasy series, Hetalia, Persona3Portable and Tales of Series )

Done? Done? Done?
Yeah That's it.XD Thank you very much for looking I really appreciate it.
Haven't posted sketchies for awhile so yeah... I missed drawing so very much.<3

Need to go to sleep now. Still need to go to work later.XD Night night everyone~!<3

Pairing: JadeXNatalia... with Guy as a special 'guest' XD
Rating: Definitely R-18 >.>;;
Notes: Drawn by my fave JadeXNatalia artist.<3
Threesome with Guy... Err... haven't really read what's up, just scanned through all the lovely art.8D
Novel near the end though.=p That explains WHY it had so many pages.

Currently scanning btw. Do expect another post soon.^^<3
Really random art post at last, yay.<3

Got to submit that art at last.^^ It didn't turn out as good as I imagined it... but yeah, I'm happy.=3

Also read Jade+GuyXNatalia threesome doujin.<3<3<3 (drawn by my fave JadeXNatalia artist<3<3<3)

Been hunting for hentai doujins again.>.>;; Been quite desperate looking for P3P Mshe hentai... Haha...

If I don't make it today. I fail myself as an artist...

Dammit Hubert, please cooperate with me! Let's forget about Malik for awhile and let's focus on YOU instead. Gaaah, it's really complicated forcing my inspiration like this.

Ugh, after this, I'm really gonna draw your young self in a skirt.

Also... need to draw those P3P ideas. Since it's my real inspiration...
When did drawing became so stressful...?T_T

That time of year again. Have plenty to choose from including Bleach doujinshi and Matsuri '07 plushies. You can check it all out HERE.

Thanx!

You know, I failed to check out the results for the 4th(?) Tales of character rankings and I went to see the results today...





USO?!
Why is Leon in top 3 again?! Who kept voting for him?!
I have nothing against him but man, I can't believe he's still this popular among fans for 12 years!

THE FANFICTION LOVE MEME

Eeeeehee, I keep forgetting I have an LJ and should probably post on it more than 3 times a month, right.

Well, thanks to my psychiatrist who decided "tough love" was the best way to get my butt in gear and employed (never mind that I've got three lined up with the IRS and should get one picked out by next month), I now run the risk of losing all of my medications if I don't show signs of "progress" by the next time I see him. And uh, by progress, I guess he means actually having a job. Which is probably not going to be easy this time of year. And I've already mentioned a bazillion times that I've had trouble getting a job before the economy fell to shit and thousands were laid off - so now that I've got all that extra competition, it's really sort of hopeless. And I sort of have this feeling that having a shit job where I hate my life and not getting paid enough to make that feeling worth it for a month is going to really make a difference. I've done this IRS thing twice now, so I pretty much know what to expect and I know they take an ass-long time getting back to me, but the next phase will be fingerprinting and then I think interviewing's after that. Still, it's all due to start January, so like I said. Getting a shit job at this point just doesn't seem to be worth it.

Still, I'm going to be miserable losing my medication all of a sudden (and I'll be needing it to adjust to an actual work schedule). So I guess doing the mindless application-sending's the next best thing and to make sure I make copies so I can present proof, if needed. It was pretty shocking since the dude was pretty nasty to me when he's usually pretty nice. I can see where the tough love thing might work in some cases, but me? I sort of have a bad association with the yelling, especially if it's a guy. It all links to my dad, who was always very intimidating and loud. While he was never abusive to me, he was extremely abusive to my mother, and I've witnessed that. So really, instead of giving me that reinforcement, I sort of felt like locking myself in my room until that yelling voice would leave my head for the past week. That's... sort of counter-productive.

By all means, really, I have made progress. The IRS thing is the best shot I have and it's one I'm taking seriously, but I can't force them to speed things along. I'm building up a very good reputation at the animal shelter I'm volunteering at. This Saturday they're holding a big breakfast specifically in honor of the volunteers who've worked so hard, so, you know. That's something that's going to at least help my resume, if nothing else. Sure, it's not getting me any money, but it is getting me back on sort of a schedule.

Evidently, the psychologist doesn't care about that. Just that I'm not employed. Very few of the jobs I apply for get back to me for at least a month, if ever. So chances are that's what'll happen. Even if I get an interview, they'll never call back. So whatever. That's just what I'll have to do.

So that whole thing's had me down for a while. A constant worry hanging over my head that I really didn't need, anyway.

Beyond that, I guess it's a big week. TDA's "finale", so to speak? Probably should visit TDW and see if any news has popped up (evidently they do miss me over there!), but this week's episode would be the 25th, while the series is supposed to be 26 episodes. TDI was 26 episodes (not counting Total Drama, Drama, Drama, Drama Island!, which is technically the 27th even though it's an hour long), so I'm not sure if TDA's going to use their 26th as the bridge to Total Drama, The Musical or if the finale's going to take up two episodes.

It's all come down to Beth and Duncan for the winner. I'm sure it's no surprise that I want Duncan to win, though I sort of have a feeling they'll give Beth the win. It's sort of meh in a sense; Beth has generally been one of the least-interesting characters of both seasons and they didn't do much more with her in TDA except show that she's delusional and she's apparently easy. She goes nutso over an alleged cute guy named Brady (whose actual existence is still debatable if you ask me), but is quick to dump him for Justin, then loses interest and is back on Brady, then "dumps" him for Harold, who really doesn't reciprocate the sentiment. But Beth just sort of assumes he does right on the episode where Harold is voted off and it just came off as awkward.

Not to mention, Beth's never ever seemed to be in any danger of ever being voted off. She's been under the radar even more than Owen has (even just counting TDI - he was in the bottom three during the episode where Bridgette was voted off). Even got to win herself invincibility the last two times. Duncan's been in the bottom two like three times, I think. There were plenty of instances where it looked like he was going home.

Have I mentioned how bummed out I was about the way Harold was sent off? Not only was the Beth thing creepy and awkward, but having Duncan vote him off over a misunderstanding (Harold didn't know his pet tarantula was in the ride with him!) was a bit of a let-down considering that they've really had a lot of development together throughout TDA. They were even almost friends until Owen decided to muck that up. I had mixed feelings about Owen coming back so late; at least they gave him a purpose and he lived up to it, though it's somewhat frustrating that Harold was only voted off because he found out about Owen's antics one episode sooner than Courtney and Beth (which is what ended up getting Owen booted).

Still, the main thing that convinces me that Beth will most likely be the winner is the fact that she seems to be conspicuously absent from TDM. From the trailer, she, Katie & Sadie, and Geoff were never once seen. Trent and Justin were seen in a very brief aftermath-like shot (which at least solidifies their roles), but those four are never seen at any point in the trailer. Duncan was among the scarcely-seen, but he was shown to at least be in the competition (most likely meaning he'll get dumped early on). So that's what I'm going by.

I am also thoroughly amused that they decided to break up Duncan/Courtney. Don't get me wrong; I like the pairing, but I never thought they'd have the nads to officially call it quits with what's easily the most popular couple in that fandom. Really does open a lot of doors as to what the hell everyone will be up to in TDM.

Anyway, apparently today's a busy day for me, so I'll go ahead and cut it off and just pray I actually update more than a few times this month. No more NaNoWriMo talk, at least. ♥;

Total icons: 117
[32] Final Fantasy series
[27] Kimi ni Todoke
[19] Female artist (ayaka + Sakamoto Maaya)
[14] Kanjani8
[25] Others(stocks, cosplay, Vocaloid)


( my memories of you are hidden in my heart )

This time I'm going to be sharing a couple of albums that have two things in common: artwork by Itto Maru as well as the fact that the two stories portrayed on the albums stem from very familiar fairy tales.

Hameln should be rather self explanatory for any that are familiar with the original tale of the Pied Piper, it's really nice to listen to as a different telling of the story is unfolded within the lyrics. Gothika is a little darker, more of a horror sort of take on the big bad wolf gaining the trust of the little bunny in the red cape, only to kill her in a most brutal way.

I linked the main sites for a little more info, get to look at the art as well as the PVs posted there for each album. Hopefully others will enjoy them as much as I do.

HAMELN

MU download

GOTHIKA

MU download

I have volumes, calendars and a poster for sale here.

Thanks for your time :)

I posted again within the same 48-hour period, amazing right?! Nah, I just updated a bunch of my icons and stuff, so for some reason, I felt compelled to throw that up incase someone goes "Hey Fox, WTF happened to your icons?!" Then I'll just go "Read the post, n00b."

We now resume our regularly scheduled programming.

So it was pretty crazy yesterday. I had a 5pm to 11:30pm shift; I actually didn't make it home 'till after 12am. But it's been pretty cool working there so far. Black Friday wasn't quite what I'd feared and I even managed to bag some cool stuff. Replaced some aging headphones for cheap, picked up the new Pearl Jam CD for $6 and otherwise restocked a few things I needed reloading on. Oh! And I got my first paycheck from my place of employment too! Ended up being a fair chunk more than expected as the week divisions were longer than I estimated.
( The Holiday Scramble Begins )
Which reminds me; I got a USB card for my system. So now I can grab the pictures off my camera again, w007, right? Oddly, I can't find the beach pictures from this summer. It's weird. I guess that's about it for now. I've got work to do and stuff to tend to. thechanchan got me involved in an LJ RP that I've taken to like a fish to water and it's obscenely addictive sometimes. Still playing 358/2 days and I'm still amused with how well the game re-creates alot of the PS2 controls. I think the only thing I'm missing is the reaction commands.

Well, I guess that's it for now.

Selling tons of Bleach stuff here
I've added Bleach cards here

All Color But The Black artbook for sale here


I have the above pencilboards for sale here
Please do take a look if interested! :) Any sale is appreciated!

Had a short Livestream session!
Only had time to do 3 pics tonight T3T

( Pics under cut! )